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Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty Is Associated with Lower Metal Ion Levels and Revision Risk Compared with Large-Head Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Jean Shanaa, Orr Amar, Shaheryar Asad, Theodor Di Pauli von Treuheim, Vinay K Aggarwal, Scott Marwin
Published: 202510.2106/JBJS.RVW.25.00204
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Large-diameter head total hip arthroplasty (LDH-THA) emerged in the late 1990s as a stemmed alternative to hip resurfacing arthroplasty (HRA). Both procedures use metal-on-metal (MoM) bearings to permit larger heads, lower dislocation ris…
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